Learn from the PLA
Qiaoyu Reservoir All-round high-level construction management
Author: Du Mingke
The Huaxian Qiaoyu Reservoir, which was founded in 1969 and completed in 1973, was involved in engineering construction, construction site management, and reservoir construction education at that time In many aspects, such as people, we comprehensively learned from the People's Liberation Army, so that the reservoir construction has developed a unique and high-grade management level. Reservoir construction learns from the People's Liberation Army and has also become an accumulation of valuable wealth for the people of Huaxian County. This management and education model has also become an eternal memory of the builders and future generations.
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The 1960s of the last century was a time when heroes emerged in large numbers. At that time, heroic models such as Lei Feng, Wang Jie, and Ouyang Hai, as well as heroic groups such as the Eighth Company on Nanjing Road, emerged one after another. Chairman Mao Zedong proposed in the mid-1960s: "The whole country should learn from the People's Liberation Army." The call for learning issued by the great man became the special historical background for Qiaoyu Reservoir to "learn from the army and build a reservoir".
In the early days of the construction of the Qiaoyu Reservoir in Huaxian County, although the appointment of the commander-in-chief had changed, the established decision to "learn from the army, learn from the People's Liberation Army, and promote the upgrading of reservoir management" has never changed.
Qiaoyu Reservoir’s “learning from the military to build a reservoir” and “learning from the military to manage the reservoir” are first reflected in the establishment name of the reservoir and the implementation of the establishment plan. With the approval of the Huaxian County Party Committee, the reservoir implemented a semi-military management model. In other words, except for the inability to achieve unified and centralized supply of military supplies, the inability to distribute uniform uniforms, and the fact that it does not need to undertake military training and the task of defending the motherland, other aspects can be implemented according to the military model.
What is the name of the grassroots unit of Qiaoyu Reservoir? For example, there is Xinglin Commune at the bottom of the plateau, and there is also Xinglin Commune above the reservoir; there is Sanxi Brigade at the bottom of the plateau, and there is also Sanxi Brigade at the reservoir. It is very inconvenient to repeat the names. what to do? Our reservoir managers are very wise. "Xuejun Management Reservoir" organized the Xinglin Commune on the reservoir into a battalion structure, called Xinglin Camp; the Sanxi Brigade was organized into Sanxi Company. All production teams are organized into platoons. This kind of "Xuejun" management completely eliminates the duplication of similar titles.
With the battalion, company and platoon organizational structure, the "chief officers" in each organization are called battalion commander, company commander, and platoon commander respectively, regardless of their original positions in the commune or brigade. Later, based on actual conditions, female battalion commanders and female company commanders were added. From the perspective of the top management of Reservoir, in addition to the positions of commander-in-chief and party branch secretary, following the example of the People's Liberation Army, Reservoir has also specially set up the position of "political commissar". Our former reservoir commander-in-chief Li Jincai was once appointed as the "political commissar" of the reservoir. He held the three positions of commander-in-chief, party branch secretary and political commissar. When organizing large-scale activities at the reservoir, he often spoke with the title of "Political Commissar Li".
In the early days, the reservoirs were called "migrant workers". After "the army learned to build the reservoir", they were all called "water conservancy warriors". This title appears more often in the broadcast manuscripts of construction site radio stations; in the news reports of "Qiaoyu Battle Report"; and in reservoir literature. Many people who work in the reservoir are happy and proud of it. Some water conservancy soldiers jokingly said: "We are farmers and have never been soldiers, but we are still glorious soldiers!"
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The activities of striving to create the "Four Good Companies" and striving to be the "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors" have been throughout the construction of the reservoir.
Let’s first talk about striving to create the “Four Good Companies”. The criteria for the People's Liberation Army to strive to create the "Four Good Companies" are: good political ideology, good military training, good March 8 style, and good life management. Qiaoyu Reservoir's "Learning from the Army to Build a Reservoir" has made appropriate changes to the four good standards and combined with the actual tasks of the reservoir. For example: Change "Military training is good" to "Complete tasks well". During the construction of the reservoir, safety work is very important when digging mountains and firing cannons, hauling earth and carrying rocks to build dams. Therefore, we should change the "March 8 work style is good" to "safety production is good" based on actual conditions. Learn from the PLA Qiaoyu Reservoir All-round high-level construction management Author: Du Mingke The Huaxian Qiaoyu Reservoir, which was founded in 1969 and completed in 1973, was involved in engineering construction, construction site management, and reservoir construction education at that time In many aspects, such as people, we comprehensively learned from the People's Liberation Army, so that the reservoir construction has developed a unique and high-grade management level. Reservoir construction learns from the People's Liberation Army and has also become an accumulation of valuable wealth for the people of Huaxian County. This management and education model has also become an eternal memory of the builders and future generations. Qiaoyu Reservoir Author provided The 1960s of the last century was a time when heroes emerged in large numbers. At that time, heroic models such as Lei Feng, Wang Jie, and Ouyang Hai, as well as heroic groups such as the Eighth Company on Nanjing Road, emerged one after another. Chairman Mao Zedong proposed in the mid-1960s: "The whole country should learn from the People's Liberation Army." The call for learning issued by the great man became the special historical background for Qiaoyu Reservoir to "learn from the army and build a reservoir". In the early days of the construction of the Qiaoyu Reservoir in Huaxian County, although the appointment of the commander-in-chief had changed, the established decision to "learn from the army, learn from the People's Liberation Army, and promote the upgrading of reservoir management" has never changed. Qiaoyu Reservoir’s “learning from the military to build a reservoir” and “learning from the military to manage the reservoir” are first reflected in the establishment name of the reservoir and the implementation of the establishment plan. With the approval of the Huaxian County Party Committee, the reservoir implemented a semi-military management model. In other words, except for the inability to achieve unified and centralized supply of military supplies, the inability to distribute uniform uniforms, and the fact that it does not need to undertake military training and the task of defending the motherland, other aspects can be implemented according to the military model. What is the name of the grassroots unit of Qiaoyu Reservoir? For example, there is Xinglin Commune at the bottom of the plateau, and there is also Xinglin Commune above the reservoir; there is Sanxi Brigade at the bottom of the plateau, and there is also Sanxi Brigade at the reservoir. It is very inconvenient to repeat the names. what to do? Our reservoir managers are very wise. "Xuejun Management Reservoir" organized the Xinglin Commune on the reservoir into a battalion structure, called Xinglin Camp; the Sanxi Brigade was organized into Sanxi Company. All production teams are organized into platoons. This kind of "Xuejun" management completely eliminates the duplication of similar titles. With the battalion, company and platoon organizational structure, the "chief officers" in each organization are called battalion commander, company commander, and platoon commander respectively, regardless of their original positions in the commune or brigade. Later, based on actual conditions, female battalion commanders and female company commanders were added. From the perspective of the top management of Reservoir, in addition to the positions of commander-in-chief and party branch secretary, following the example of the People's Liberation Army, Reservoir has also specially set up the position of "political commissar". Our former reservoir commander-in-chief Li Jincai was once appointed as the "political commissar" of the reservoir. He held the three positions of commander-in-chief, party branch secretary and political commissar. When organizing large-scale activities at the reservoir, he often spoke with the title of "Political Commissar Li". In the early days, the reservoirs were called "migrant workers". After "the army learned to build the reservoir", they were all called "water conservancy warriors". This title appears more often in the broadcast manuscripts of construction site radio stations; in the news reports of "Qiaoyu Battle Report"; and in reservoir literature. Many people who work in the reservoir are happy and proud of it. Some water conservancy soldiers jokingly said: "We are farmers and have never been soldiers, but we are still glorious soldiers!" Qiaoyu Reservoir Author provided by The activities of striving to create the "Four Good Companies" and striving to be the "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors" have been throughout the construction of the reservoir. Let’s first talk about striving to create the “Four Good Companies”. The criteria for the People's Liberation Army to strive to create the "Four Good Companies" are: good political ideology, good military training, good March 8 style, and good life management. Qiaoyu Reservoir's "Learning from the Army to Build a Reservoir" has made appropriate changes to the four good standards and combined with the actual tasks of the reservoir. For example: Change "Military training is good" to "Complete tasks well". During the construction of the reservoir, safety work is very important when digging mountains and firing cannons, hauling earth and carrying rocks to build dams. Therefore, we should change the "March 8 work style is good" to "safety production is good" based on actual conditions.Soldiers in the army have canteens to eat, and the water conservancy soldiers in the reservoir also have canteens in company units. Therefore, the "manage life well" was changed to "manage the canteen well" based on the company's actual situation in the reservoir. Qiaoyu Reservoir’s campaign to create the “Four Good Companies” is jointly organized by the Political Department, the Engineering Department and the Logistics Department. The “Four Good Companies” can only be obtained through strict evaluation. The units that have won the "Four Good Company Models" at the Qiaoyu Reservoir level are: Hong 7th Company of Liuzhi Camp, Sanxi Company of Xinglin Camp, and Qiaoyu Company of Daming Camp. The "Four Good Companies" that are rated will have to hang a mobile red flag. talked about the striving for the "Four Good Companies", and then talked about the activities to strive for the "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors" of the reservoir. This activity is carried out simultaneously on the premise of learning from the People's Liberation Army and implementing the strategy of "building a reservoir and educating people". The conditions for the "Five Good Soldiers" carried out by the People's Liberation Army are: good political ideology, good completion of tasks, good military technology, good March 8th style, and good physical exercise. The conditions for the "five good water conservancy warriors" in Qiaoyu Reservoir have been partially changed based on the tasks of the water conservancy warriors. For example: changing "military technology is good" to "studying hard is good"; changing "exercise is good" to "safety production is good". Qiaoyu Reservoir "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors" Certificate Template Yan Guangqin provided The campaign to become a "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors" was led by the Reservoir Political Department and implemented jointly by the other two departments. During the evaluation, each department will provide information related to the conditions of its unit. In conjunction with the launch of the "Five Good" campaign, the Reservoir Political Office also produced a special certificate for the "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors". Several departments of the Political Department also carried out the activity of "planting little red flags" for fully loaded trains that are safe and stable. My train crew was once given a "little red flag" by Shi Xirong, the leader of the reservoir security team, which attracted people's admiration. The "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors" evaluation activity carried out by Qiaoyu Reservoir can be said to be solid and effective, and has played a very good role in promoting. At the completion ceremony of Qiaoyu Reservoir, those who were rated as "Five Good Water Conservancy Warriors" were: Fan Zhiguo of Liuzhiying, Zhang Huixian of Shaohuaying, Wei Caiqin of Houfangying, Du Mingke of Huazhouying, Tian Fanglan and Guapo of Xiamiaoying Li Wancao in the camp, Liu Jiduo in the Xinzhuang camp, Li Sixue in the Daming camp, etc. In the early stages of Qiaoyu Reservoir construction, in order to promote "learning from the military to build a reservoir", the Huaxian County Party Committee and the Huaxian People's Armed Forces Department agreed to send representatives of the military stationed in the reservoir to the reservoir. The military representative sent was named Yan Zhongxian. Representative Yan was an underground party member who worked for the party in the white area during the War of Liberation. He mingled with the water conservancy warriors at the Qiaoyu Reservoir. He often stayed at the construction site and often pulled a truck and a shaft to pull earth together with the water conservancy warriors. A popular saying at the construction site at that time was: To find Representative Yan, you must go to the construction site. Representative Yan fought at the reservoir construction site with the People's Liberation Army's March 8th style and hard-nosed spirit. He became the military image of "a red star on his head and a revolutionary red flag on both sides" that water conservancy soldiers can see every day. He became a role model for water conservancy warriors to follow. The construction workers of Qiaoyu Reservoir are all over the mountains and plains, and it is not easy to coordinate the commuting time, especially the commuting time at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which is also the time for concentrated cannon fire. If not done well, accidents may occur. The bugle sound is a communication tool that spreads widely. Therefore, the reservoir study force established an bugler system. The water conservancy soldiers used trumpets when commuting to and from get off work, avoiding artillery fire, and disarming artillery fire. The sound of the trumpet is an order. During the several years of reservoir construction, no accidents occurred because of this. The "buglers" played a big role. Cadres from the Military Section of the People's Armed Forces Department of Huaxian County often go to the reservoir to organize military training for water conservancy fighters. They taught the water conservancy soldiers the shooting knowledge of "three points in a line" and also organized the water conservancy soldiers to conduct live ammunition shooting. I once participated in a live-fire shooting by the Military Section in the low-lying area under the hillside of the No. 2 dirt field. This live-fire shooting process has become a process for water conservancy soldiers to learn from the People's Liberation Army. Soldiers from the political film team of the Weinan Military Division have driven dozens of miles on mountain roads many times to the Qiaoyu Reservoir to show movies for water conservancy soldiers. In addition to screening "News Briefings", military-themed movies such as "Southern and Northern Wars" were also screened.The water conservancy soldiers walked more than ten miles from the station to the reservoir to watch. After watching the movie, many battalions and companies also organized large discussions, demanding that the People's Liberation Army's "no fear of two" spirit be applied to the specific work of reservoir construction. Every August 1st Army Day is not only a festival for soldiers, but also a festival for water conservancy warriors. The celebration of this festival is mainly reflected in the "Qiaoyu Battle Report". Every year on August 1st, "Qiaoyu Battle Report" compiles and distributes a "red version" to celebrate the festival. The "Red Edition" of the 115th issue of "Qiaoyu Battle Report" on August 1, 1971, under the red banner title "Celebrating the 44th Anniversary of the Founding of the Great Chinese People's Liberation Army", published an article similar to an editorial: "Learn from the People's Liberation Army, build a library and educate new people." On the same day, the second half of the newspaper also published an article: "Commanders and soldiers of Xinglin Battalion 1st Company (shoulder title) follow the People's Liberation Army as an example and have a strong March 8th style of work (main title)". These articles are testimonies of the water conservancy warriors who learned from the People's Liberation Army and promoted reservoir construction. "Qiaoyu Battle Report" Qingba Yi Special Edition Yan Guangqin During the construction process of Qiaoyu Reservoir, he learned from the People's Liberation Army, thus turning a relatively loose collective of farmers from all over the county into an organized and organized Discipline, a team of water conservancy warriors fighting against the sky. This organized and disciplined team built the monument of Qiaoyu, created the "spirit of Qiaoyu", and created valuable wealth that spans the ages. Source of pictures and texts: Contributed by the author Original author: Du Mingke Compiled and edited by: Huazhou Literature and History Collection
Every August 1st Army Day is not only a festival for soldiers, but also a festival for water conservancy warriors. The celebration of this festival is mainly reflected in the "Qiaoyu Battle Report". Every year on August 1st, "Qiaoyu Battle Report" compiles and distributes a "red version" to celebrate the festival. The "Red Edition" of the 115th issue of "Qiaoyu Battle Report" on August 1, 1971, under the red banner title "Celebrating the 44th Anniversary of the Founding of the Great Chinese People's Liberation Army", published an article similar to an editorial: "Learn from the People's Liberation Army, build a library and educate new people." On the same day, the second half of the newspaper also published an article: "Commanders and soldiers of Xinglin Battalion 1st Company (shoulder title) follow the People's Liberation Army as an example and have a strong March 8th style of work (main title)". These articles are testimonies of the water conservancy warriors who learned from the People's Liberation Army and promoted reservoir construction.
"Qiaoyu Battle Report" Qingba Yi Special Edition Yan Guangqin
During the construction process of Qiaoyu Reservoir, he learned from the People's Liberation Army, thus turning a relatively loose collective of farmers from all over the county into an organized and organized Discipline, a team of water conservancy warriors fighting against the sky. This organized and disciplined team built the monument of Qiaoyu, created the "spirit of Qiaoyu", and created valuable wealth that spans the ages.
Source of pictures and texts: Contributed by the author
Original author: Du Mingke
Compiled and edited by: Huazhou Literature and History Collection
